The Sixteen Choir
Masters of Imitation
directed by Harry Christophers
![Masters of Imitation Masters of Imitation](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/49waOMwIRHeptSuEVRwDut/afc458ede613a7e0b22d345266c7aae6/Sixteen-Minster-Continuo.jpg?w=1200&h=1000&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Maddalena Casulana (c. 1544 – c. 1590) was an Italian composer, lutenist and singer of the late Renaissance. She is the first female composer to have had a whole book of her music printed and published in the history of western music. Lassus is known to have conducted some of her works, making a nice link for inclusion of a Casulana madrigal in this programme.
York Early Music Festival
Sat 6 July 2024
York Minster
7:30pm
£15.00 - £35.00
This event has already taken place. Please check our page for The Sixteen Choir to find out about future concerts.
Full Event Details
In the late 16th-century Orlande de Lassus was the most celebrated composer in Europe. He was without doubt the most famous advocate of the technique of parody. This is when material is borrowed and reworked from another motet or chanson, sacred or secular, by the composer himself or someone else’s work. Our programme gives the listener a taste of this extraordinarily popular technique from the master himself, reworking his own pieces to parodies on another great master from almost a century earlier, Josquin des Pres. Moving onto the modern day, we have invited the extraordinarily inventive composer, Bob Chilcott, to write a sacred work parodying one of Lassus’s finest secular madrigals.
Maddalena Casulana (c. 1544 – c. 1590) was an Italian composer, lutenist and singer of the late Renaissance. She is the first female composer to have had a whole book of her music printed and published in the history of western music. Lassus is known to have conducted some of her works, making a nice link for inclusion of a Casulana madrigal in this programme.
Venue Details & Map
Location
York Minster
Deangate, York, YO1 7JA, United Kingdom
Related upcoming events
![The Choral Pilgrimage 2025: Croydon The Choral Pilgrimage 2025: Croydon](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/4ItlCVg4bg1D1Sd4YOEcVl/6ffe91a032581a9b7f86ce0ac8612701/LEAD-min.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
The Choral Pilgrimage 2025: Croydon
Mon 17 March 2025
Croydon Minster
7:30pm
£10 - £25
![The Choral Pilgrimage 2025: Liverpool The Choral Pilgrimage 2025: Liverpool](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/4ItlCVg4bg1D1Sd4YOEcVl/6ffe91a032581a9b7f86ce0ac8612701/LEAD-min.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
The Choral Pilgrimage 2025: Liverpool
Fri 4 April 2025
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
6:30pm
£17
![The Choral Pilgrimage 2025: Blackburn The Choral Pilgrimage 2025: Blackburn](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/4ItlCVg4bg1D1Sd4YOEcVl/6ffe91a032581a9b7f86ce0ac8612701/LEAD-min.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
The Choral Pilgrimage 2025: Blackburn
Sat 5 April 2025
Blackburn Cathedral
3:00pm
£10 - £30
![The Choral Pilgrimage 2025: Greenwich The Choral Pilgrimage 2025: Greenwich](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/4ItlCVg4bg1D1Sd4YOEcVl/6ffe91a032581a9b7f86ce0ac8612701/LEAD-min.jpg?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
The Choral Pilgrimage 2025: Greenwich
Wed 9 April 2025
Old Royal Naval College Chapel
7:30pm
£18 - £40
![Palestrina: In praise of women Palestrina: In praise of women](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/1ZKw0iZCZ2BWnki2jVXvRK/c6a32d1e9927751d43e08a2e2221de50/vodvXA.webp?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
Palestrina: In praise of women
Wed 14 May 2025
St James's, Spanish Place, London
7:30pm
£15 - £50
Early Music at Wigmore Hall
![The breaking of bread/The Last Supper The breaking of bread/The Last Supper](https://images.ctfassets.net/dittccn4etc2/1ZKw0iZCZ2BWnki2jVXvRK/c6a32d1e9927751d43e08a2e2221de50/vodvXA.webp?w=640&h=480&fit=fill&f=face&fm=avif&q=75)
The breaking of bread/The Last Supper
Wed 18 June 2025
St James's, Spanish Place, London
7:30pm
£15 - £50
Early Music at Wigmore Hall